Commissioning Group 2 n (Core) Participants: J. Pflüger Undulators (WP 71) J. Grünert X-ray Photon Diagnostic (WP-74) H. Sinn X-ray Optics & Beam Transport (WP-73) R. Treusch FLASH Photon Coordination Th. Tschentscher Photon Experiments W. Decking, Machine Layout Coordination E. Shneydmiller, M. Yurkov FEL Concepts (WP-21), FLASH SASE Tuning H. Schlarb LLRF (WP-02) S. Schreiber FLASH Coordination n Mandate: The European XFEL Project board calls for a working group to plan the commissioning of the facility This group will work out the commissioning strategy, the initial operating envelope, the high level goals and their sequence
LCLS Experience and Plans 3 n LCLS: 20.000 hours of pre-beam check-out and commissioning time n LCLS-II: 4.000 hours planned, mainly pre-beam verification, actual beam commissioning time expected to be short Beam commissioning of LCLS-II should be faster then LCLS-I Hardware is very similar to that operating in LCLS-I Beamline physics is well understood from LCLS-I Controls and high-level apps are same as LCLS-I Much of LCLS-I effort was writing apps to assist commissioning Experienced team is in place
Example: Injector Pre-beam Verification Checklist 4 First ½ of a 40 page document for the injector Every LCLS beamline component was verified in detail before turning on beam Will adopt similar procedure for LCLS-II
European XFEL Accelerator Schedule 5 n start of injector commissioning mid 2014 n start of linac commissioning mid 2015 n observe first SASE by end of 2015 Overview XFEL Accelerator Schedule 17.5 GeV Civil Construction XTL Halls XHEE, XHE1 2012 2013 2014 2015 LINAC Fabrication Cavity Production String Assembly Module Assembly XTL Installation & Commissioning Infrastructure Machine final installation & cool down first bem in Injector first beam in LINAC ready for SASE
Start of Operation as defined in the European XFEL Convention 6
E-beam parameters 7 n A first set of e-beam parameters: Beam energy will be 17.5 GeV Linac will be operated with several tens of bunches (not single bunch) as fast as possible single bunch operation is useless for LLRF diagnostics and studies beam charge around 0.5 to 1 nc General Diagnostics and LLRF
Injector 8 Ready for beam July 2014 Commissioning July 2014 June 2015 (12 month) Goal: Stable operation with XFEL parameters Full bunch train and repetition rate Various bunch charges (1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.1, 0.02 nc) Basic commissioning for many sub-systems
European XFEL Time Structure 9
Main Linac, Collimation Section & Beam Distribution, Dumps 10 Collimation Ready for beam July 2015 Initial commissioning July 2015 September 2015 Goal: Stable operation to establish initial lasing Single to few (~100) bunches at 17.5 GeV One bunch charge (0.5 nc) Slow feedbacks for final energy & trajectory Challenges: Linac: Commissioning of cold linac (cryo, high power RF, LLRF, ) Feedback Distribution Undulators Dump CS&BD: Transport through collimation section and beam distribution into dump Dumps: Guarantee beam spot size on dump window
Bunch Compression System 11 R56= 60-120mm R56=30-100mm Ready for beam July 2015 Initial commissioning September October 2015 Goal: Establish first lasing working point Single to few (~100) bunches at 17.5 GeV One bunch charge (0.5 nc) Challenge: Commissioning of longitudinal diagnostics
European XFEL - Undulators 12 Ready for beam September 2015 Initial commissioning SASE1/SASE3 September November 2015 Goal: Beam transport and alignment Single to few (~100) bunches at 17.5 GeV One bunch charge (0.5 nc) Challenge: Trajectory alignment in undulator
Electron Bunch Distribution 13 electrons 17.5/14/10.5 GeV SASE 2 tunable, planar 3 24 kev SASE 1 tunable, planar 3 24 kev SASE 3 tunable, planar 0.26 3 kev e - e - Experiments n 27.000 bunches/sec to (up to) 5 beamlines
Undulator Sequence and SASE Wavelength 14 n Commissioning should start with SASE1 and continue with SASE3: eases initial e-beam operation allows parallel commissioning of SA1 and SA3 photon beam lines if no SASE is reached in SASE1, SASE3 could be put into operation with much looser tolerances to diagnose e-beam parameters if availability of components prevents installation of SASE3 and SASE1 the decision to install SASE2 first should be made as early as possible it is recommended from FLASH experience to focus activities on one beam line and commission this fully to benefit from the lessons learned and not double errors n SASE search should be performed with fully closed gaps (i.e., 0.19 nm wavelength at SASE1)
High Level Milestones 15 1. First Beam through Linac A 17.5 GeV beam is transported through the linac to the TLD dump. Pattern: 10-100 Hz, single bunch, 0.5nC, C=100 (total longitudinal bunch compression factor) Control: Charge, peak current, energy and trajectory are controlled by slow feedbacks. 2. First Beam to TD4 (SASE1 and SASE3) A 17.5 GeV beam is transported through the linac to the T4D dump. Pattern: 10-100 Hz, single bunch, 0.5nC, C=100 Control: Charge, peak current, energy and trajectory are controlled by slow feedbacks. Electron beam based trajectory alignment in undulator
High Level Milestones continued 16 3. First Lasing in SASE1 First lasing is observed at 0.19 nm Commissioning of photon diagnostics & beam line with spontaneous radiation Photon based alignment of undulator gap and phase shifter setting (if nec.) SASE search 4. Lasing in SASE 3 European XFEL MAC January 2010
High Level Milestones continued 17 From here on parallel operation photon/electron development appears possible. 5. Multi-bunch operation Pattern: 10 Hz, 600 bunches, 0.5nC, C=100 Control: Charge, peak current, energy, trajectory and arrival time are controlled by slow and fast feedbacks. 6. Quasi-simultaneous operation of SASE1 and SASE2 beam line Pattern: 10 Hz, 600 bunches, 0.5nC, C=100 Control: Charge, peak current, energy, trajectory and arrival time are controlled by slow and fast feedbacks. Tasks: Bunch pattern control by fast switching elements 7. First lasing in SASE 2 8. Flexibility in wavelength and bunch length Pattern: 10 Hz, 2700 bunches, 0.02-1nC, C=2000-50 Control: Charge, peak current, energy, trajectory and arrival time are controlled by slow and fast feedbacks. Tasks: establish procedures to change bunch length/bunch charges establish procedures to change photon wavelength by changing energy/undulator gap
High Level Milestones: an Attempt to Sort 18 High Level Milestone Beam where Energy Repeti tion Rate # of Bunch es Bunch Charge Peak Curre nt SASE Wavelength Time [GeV] [Hz] [nc] [ka] [nm] [Months] 1 First Beam in Injector I1D 0,13 10 1-2700 0,5 0,05-12 2 First Beam in BC2 B2D 2 10 1-100 0,5 5-0,5 1 3 First Beam in TLD TLD 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 0,5-1,5 4 Bunch compression TLD 17.5 11 1-100 0,5 0,5-1 2 5 First Beam in T4D T4D 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 0,5-0,5 3 6 Lasing in SASE 1 T4D 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 5 0.19 0,5 7 First Beam in T5D T5D 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 0,5-0,5 4 8 Lasing in SASE 3 T4D 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 5 4 0,5 7 9 Lasing in SASE 2 T5D 17.5 10 1-100 0,5 5 0.19 0,5 10 1 MHz Operation TLD 17.6 11 600 0,5 5 0.19 1,5 5 11 Lasing with 1 MHz bunch trains T4D 17.5 10 600 0,5 5 0.19 1 12 Parasitic lasing SASE1 and SASE 3 T4D 17.5 10 600 0,5 5 0.19/4 0,25 6 13 Slow 10 Hz switch between 1 & 2 T4D/T5D 17.5 10 600 0,5 0,5-0,25 14 Fast switching and arbitrary bunch patterns T4D/T5D 17.5 10 600 0,5 0,5-0,25 15 Compression at various bunch charges TLD 17.5 10 1-100 0.05-0.5 5-1 16 Lasing with short pulses T4D 17.5 10 1-100 0.05-0.5 5 0.19 1 10.5-17. 8 17 Wavelength variation T4D/T5D 5 10 600 0,5 5 <0.1 0,5 18 Multi Bunch operation TLD 17.5 10 2700 0,5 0,5-1
Photon Beam Line Commissioning (H. Sinn) 19 n Prerequisites, Steps and time needed to reach: Milestone #2 (beam through SASE1 and SASE3 beam lines) and Milestone #3 (first SASE) n Prerequisites: Photon beam line closed and evacuated Technical commissioning finished Beam Protection System tested (without beam, possible for limited bunch numbers) Personal Interlock finished Radiation Safety approval
Photon Beam Line Commissioning Continued 20 n Steps with (dedicated) beam: each commissioning steps takes roughly 1-2 shifts (not so sure about times needed for radiation tests) 1. Radiation safety measurements with spontaneous radiation (shutter tight?), Personal interlock (?) 2. Beam on FS before mirrors 3.Test of absorber system 4.Test of gas monitor system 5.Test of slit system 6. Beam through double mirror system (beam on FS after mirrors) 7. If beam needs to go to experimental hall: Further radiation tests (interlock?) of shutters towards experimental hall Beam in XTD9 8. Beam through 600 m of pipe (min. 2 intermediate FS) 9. Adjustment of focus of mirrors 10.Test of beam protection system / test of beam absorbers (mass spectrometer) 11.Test of BPM at beam line end 12. Beam in experimental hall n total 12-18 dedicated shifts for X-ray beam commissioning
Photon Diagnostic Items to Characterize SASE 21 n Transmission & 2D Imagers (Screens) n K-Mono Instrument n Diode n MCP n XGMD n (XBPM) n Total instrument commissioning time: 5-10 shifts
Commissioning Sequence 22 2015 30 Jun - XTL tunnel closing 2015 30 Sep - beam through XTL 2015 30 Sep - XTD2, XTD4, XTD9, XTD10 tunnel closing 2015 15 Dec - First lasing SASE1 (FXE or SPB) 2016 15 Jan - Beam through 2nd electron branch 2016 30 Jan - First lasing SASE3 (SQS or SCS) 2016 31 Mar - 'First' user experiment at SASE 1 (SPB & FXE) 2016 30 Apr - 'First' user experiment at SASE 3 (SQS & SCS) 2016 31 May - First lasing SASE2 (MID or HED) Hereafter commissioning of fast switching starts 2016 31 Jun - 'First' user experiment at SASE 2 (MID & HED) From this moment onwards baseline (TDR) beam delivery specifications are considered to be reached 2017 31 Dec - Extended beam delivery specifications reached End of extended accelerator and x-ray system commissioning Start delivery of full number of hrs for user operation
'First Lasing and 'First User Experiments' 23 n Conditions for 'First Lasing' x-ray beam according to initials beam conditions as described in convention up to 30 electron bunches per train transport of x-ray beam to XHEXP performance of 1st 'simple' experiment at one of the instruments at this BL n Conditions for 'First User Experiments' experiments can use x-ray beam at TDR performance, but with limited flexibility in terms of pulse pattern, pulse length and photon wavelength
Machine Time Distribution 24